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‘Superfood’ craze is big business for Africa’s baobab trees

This story was originally reported by Edward McAllister, Editing by Anna Willard for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Until recently baobabs were only tapped for local use but in a major business shift ...
Orange County Register

Learning more about the ‘tree of life,’ the baobab

Calling something the “tree of life” may conjure up a lush arboreal species with mouth-watering fruit. Yet on the African continent, this moniker is reserved for the baobab tree. Upon first glance, ...
IFLScience

This 200-Million-Year-Old “Upside Down Tree” Can Live For Over 1,000 Years

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...
The Nation Newspaper

Busola Dakolo hosts Baobab & Marula book launch on climate solutions

Communications specialist, Busola Dakolo, has underscored the cultural and economic significance of Africa’s trees during the virtual launch of Baobab & Marula, New Solutions to Global Warming and ...
The Conversation

Madagascar’s ancient baobab forests are being restored by communities – with a little help from AI

Seheno Andriantsaralaza receives funding from PEER-USAID Program Cycle 9/232 and One Earth under the program "Daughters for Earth" for her project called "ARO Baobab Project" Six of the world’s eight ...
Reuters

'Superfood' craze makes big business of Africa's baobab

Mangoule, SENEGAL, (Reuters) - Taerou Dieuhiou has been shinning barefoot up baobab trees in Senegal's southern Casamance region to collect the oblong fruit since he was 15. Business has never been ...